Embroidering-machine.



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Application filed April 28,1906. Serial No. 314,120.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. German- EACH, it citizen of the United States, residing on Railroad street,Warren, county of Bristol, State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidering-Machines, fully described-and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawmgs, forming a part of the same.

The present invention relates to thatclass of automatic or power-actuated embroidering machines in which a double pointed needle is supplied with a thread of definite length and forced through the cloth from one the slack of the thread after each movement being drawn up by so-called take-up hooks. In such machines the cloth or fabric to be embroidered is held in a suitable frame and shifted by means of pantographic mechanism, so that the stitches may be disposed in the desired pattern upon the fabric It is obvious that where the needle is supl plied with a thread of definite length the thread is shortened by the successive stitches, and the movement of the take-up book must therefore be gradually diminished and accurately regulated to produce a uniform tension of the thread upon each stitch. v

The present improvements comprise an improved form of thread-bar, improved means for raising and lowering the threadbars upon the opposite sides of the fabric, and improvements in the take-up mechan- ISIIL The invention will beunderstood by reference to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine provided with the improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation at the end of the machine provided with the take up mechanism, many details being :omitted on account of the smallness of the scale. Fig. 3 shows the inner side of the frame at the same end of the machine. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the slidebar and ratchet-bar having the take-up mechanism thereon. Fig. 5 is a plan of the slide-bar and its attachments. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the slide-bar and its attach.-

ments; Fig. 7 an edge view of the ratchetbar andits attachments. Fig. 8 is afront view of a portion of the take-up hooks, and Fig. 9a section of the take-up h0okbar. Fig. 10

is an elevation of one of the slide-bars and ratchet-bars with the take-up mechanism and the head-bar upon the top of the main frame with latch pivoted thereon tov sustain the slide, the parts being in section where hatched adjacent to such latch. Fig. 11 is. a plan of the slide-bar and the said latch. Fig. 12 is bars and slide-bars with. the frame adjacent to-the same, the view being taken on line 12 12 in Fig. 2 and drawn upon a larger scale.

Fig. 13 is an: elevation viewed from the inner I side of the adjustable coupling between the take-up boxes. Fig. 14 is an elevation of the gearing to actuate the thread-bars. Fig. 15 is a side view of one of the thread-bars and its supporting means, such bars being disposed horizontally when in the machine; and

Fig. 16 isa cross-section of the thread-bar and its supports.

1 will first descri narily employed and then e the mechanism ordipoint outthe para horizontal section of the ratchetticular improvements which are the subject I of my invention.

A designates the frame of the machine, B the needle-carriers, which are reciprocated to and from the surface of th' fabric, which is indicated by the dot-end d; ll line C in Fig. 14.

The fabric, of which a specimen, like a handkerchief, is shownat e in Fig. 1, is mounted in frames 2, carried bya hanger H, whi ch is counterbalanced by straps J, pulley J, and a weight in the usual manner. The hanger H is actuated by a pantograph mechanism H in the usual manner, the latter being baianced by cords and weights h D indicates the thread-bars, which are raised {to the level of the needle after the same has been drawn through the fabric, as 'shown at. the left side of the fabric in. this figi re.

E represents the take-up bar having takeup hooks E. (Shown in engagement with the loop or slack of the thread 6 in Fig. 14.)

Vertical. bars F are connected with the hookoa i at their opposite ends, and in i order to balance the weight of the'hook-bars and these connecting-bars F the bars F are toothed near their upper ends, as shown in Fig. 2, to mesh with cog-wheels G, the shaft G of which is counterbalanced bv weight I in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 1.

The vertical bars F are shown in Figs. 6 and 12 connected by studs F with slides 5 upon the slide-bars L L. The slide-bars L L arereciprocated with a uniform throw al.

' would obscure the bars L L.

ternately up and down by the following means: A pulley-shaft K in the bottom of the machine actuates a shaft K bygears K the shaft K carrying a'crank K, which is connected by rod K with the slide-bar L. The opposite slide-bar L is actuated reversely by a gear-wheel L, which meshes with teeth u on both of the slide-bars, thus giving the s ide-bars a uniform and alteinate movement. The slide-bars L L lie within vertical 0 enin s in the end frames A, and-the earw eel 2 is concealed from sight by the arge gear K in the outer view oft e frame shown in Fig. 2; but in the inner view of the frame shown, in Fig. 3 the ear-wheel L is visible, and the cross-bar of t e frame at a level with the shaft K and the foot of the frame below the middle of such cross-bar are broken away to exposethe parts that are both inside and outside of the frame.

The slides S have the usual frictional contact with the bars L L, so that the uniform stroke of the bars may impart a variable movement to the slides and to the hook-bars E under the control of the regulating devices, which will be hereinafter described.

The bars F are broken away in Fig. 1, where they extend upward past the cogwheels G, so that the cog-wheels G may be exposed to view and their connection with the counterbalance-weight I.

The bars F are omitted in Fi 3, as they ears K are shown connecting the shaft K with a shaft which carries the cam M (shown in Fig. 14') for raising and lowering the thread-bars. Fi 14 is on an enlarged scale.

T10 claim is made to the above mechanism, which has been described in order to m; e the application of my improvements intel i gible. I

The improved thread-bar mechanism is constructed as follows: In Fig. 3 a disk. is

shown carrying a cam O to operate the levers O, which are connected, as shown in Fig. 2, by parts 7c to the usual mechanism for moving the needle-carriers to and from the fabric. The disk also carries a cam V, which operates .a lever V to open and close the needleclam s, which are indicated at B in Fig. 14. orms As t ie 'needle-opcrating mechanism no part of the present invention, the connec tions between the clamps and the lever V are not shown herein, as they would greatly obscure the drawing. The cam M in Fig. 14 operates alternately levers M, which act upon pins Q on toothed segments P, which raise and lower the thread-bars D.

Instead of using a rigid bar as a thread-bar I make the thread-bar with a movable or retatable surface, so as to diminish the friction, and thus reduce the strain and wear of the thread as it passes over the thrcad-bar.

Each thre'adbar consists of a series of sleeves I), mounted upon a common axle or rod D, which is suspended by straps D on rolls N. The axle is stiffened by a brace-rod. D which is tied thereto by links D, as shown in Figs. 15 and 16. The links are attached to the straps D and the sleeves 1) extend along the rod or axle D between the several links D, and each sleeve is fitted to turn loosely upon the rod, so that it forms an antifriction support for the thread, which may turn readily-upon the rod as the thread passes over the sleeve, and thus causinv much less friction and wear than if the threa were dragged over the edge of a rigidsbar.

The rolls N, as shown in Figs. 14' and 15, are journaled upon bTrackets P and are ro "vided upon the end with gears P, w 'ch mesh into toothed segments P, journaled. upon the said brackets.

Two tiers of needlec'arriers are shown to operate simultaneously upon two similar pieces of embroidery, and the thread-bars and take-up mechanism are du licated for each of. the tiers.

I The toothed segments P of the two tiers are connected b pivots toa link Q, and the upper ends of t e levers M are slotted and fitted to pins Q upon the lower toothed segments 'to oscillate them through an arc of 'about ninety, degrees when the levers are vibrated by the cam M... The cam. is con.

structed' with two concentric arcs m and m. in

each of which the roller m upon one of the levers M dwells during the operation of the takeup hooks and then raises the thread-bar upon one side of the fabric and lowers the other thread-bar upon the opposite side, as required.

The inner side of each slide-bar L is formed for a certain space with upwardly-inclined rack-teeth R, and each bar slides through a head-piece R and a foot-piece R fixed upon the frame A. A slide S is fitted to the slidebar and provided with the usual dog S to engage the teeth R upon the slide-bar, being released from the teeth at the upper end of its movement by a screw-pin s in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 10. A bridge S upon the slide forms a bearing for a screw S (see Figs. 4, 5, and 6) and carries a dial having notches S. index-armupon the head of the 'screw and is pressed into the notches i 4 by a spring T, as shown in Fig. 6. A leaf-spring '1 is fitted between the point of the screw and a gib T A finger T is formed upon an in the outer face of the slide, the screw pressceases a the slide-bar L is imparted to the slide S by the engagement of a tooth upon the slide with the point 9 of a dog f, pivoted upon the slide, a spring g pressing the point normally against the slide-bar to engage the tooth. The dog is tripped or its the regulating devices when the tension of the threads upon the take-up hooks offers a certain predetermined resistance to the takeup regulating mechanism.

Ta/re up regalatorr lhe take up regulator comprises the stationary ratchet-bar 8, having teeth 8 and s inclined upwardly and downwardly upon its opposite edges, and the sliding box at, arranged to arrest the slide when the desired thread-tension is reached. The take-up regulator is required at only one end ofthe machine, as the hook-bars E are united at their opposite ends by the vertical crank normally upward againstthe tail of )elow the tail of the pawl 'i.

bars F, and these bars at both ends of the machine are movedup and down simultaneously by their engagement with the cogwheels Ur, the shaft G of which extends the whole length of the machine and turns all the cog-wheels simultaneously, and thus raises and lowers both ends of the hook-bars uniformly. The hook-bars thus maintain their horizontal position all their move- 'ments, and thetake up regulator which operates upon thcvertical bars l3 at one end of the machine thus operates effectively to regu late the movement the h ool-:-bars.

A cordU is shownin Figs. 4 and 10 attached to the, box a, the cord carried over a pulley and supplied with a weight U, as shown in Fig. 2,.which tends to carry the box upward when the pawl 9i is released,'suchupward lorcc o )posing the downward momentum of the s ide to arrestjthe same when. thedesired tension is reached.

(One of the ratchet-bars s is arranged out side of each of the slide-bars L, as shown in Fig. 2, and its sliding box a is provided with an upwardly-projecting pawl '1. and a downwardly-projecting pawl j, fitted, respectively, to the teeth 8 and 8 upon the ratchet-bar. A bell-crank q is connected with the lower pawl j by a link 9 and has an. arm projecting Springs press these pawls normally into the teeth, and a spring r presses the outer arrn of the bell the pawl i, and the tail of the pawl has an incline by which the dogf upon the slide S can detach the pawl to permit the upward moveineht of the box by the weight U and then engage the bell-crank such latter engagement operating iirst to press the pawl away from the teeth 8 and, second, to push the box and hook-bar downwardly.

The regulator would not arrest the slide S unlr the slide was detached from the slidebar L, and such detachment is ellected byan adjustable. seat m, attached to the box *a in' the path of the hinged contact-piece h and position shifted by t e tail of the dog backwardly at one end and withdraw the dog f from the tooth c. The contact-piece is hinged to clear the seat at upon the reverse movement of the slide, and a spring h is provided to hold the contactpiece normally in an operative position. When in this positiomthc contact-piece rests upon a shoulder near the bottom of the dog f, and thus presses forcibly against the bellcrank Q when moving downward, thus withand, permitting the slide to carry the box a downwardly until the resistance of the weight U ,has stopped the slide and arrested the hook-bars under the desired tension. The boxes mare in practice carried upward by the weight U- (after making each stitch) an amount equal to the thread taken up in the stitch, thus advancing gradually from the lower to the upper part of the ratchet-bar s. It assists materially in'maintaim'ng a uniform tension upon the thread when drawn out of both sides of the fabric to connect the two boxes n by a device which ermits a limited movement to each independbntot the other, such movement being, however, sufficient to take up the slack after a single stitch. A device tor this purpose is shown in Figs. 12 and 13, each of the boxes having an arm 6 or t. bolted thereto and one of the arms provided with contact-blocks to' engage studs '0 upon the other arm. Such contact-blocks u are shown as spring-pins having shanks v fitted to sockets upon the arm t and pressed normally toward one another by a spring w in each socket. Nuts 1/ are shown upon the arm tis' shown provided with a transverse slot in the end with two studs e clamped therein, which permits their adjustment 'to vary the movement between the spring-pins, and the space between the blocks or studs a is sufiicient to permit the required movement. The springs bring either of the boxes n to rest without any shock. The nuts '0 are also adjustable on the shanks v to. vary the point of impact and the extent of either boxs movement;

Having thus set forth the nature of theinvention, what is claimed herein is- 1. In an embroider ng.machine, a threadbar having a stationary axle with a sleeve rotatable thereon to diminish its friction with the thread, in combination with nxeans for raising and lowering the axle and the sleeve as required.

'2. In an embroidering-nachine, a threadbar consisting of the axle l), links for supporting the axle at intervals along its length, sleeves D fitted to turn loosely upon the axle between the links, and means for suspending andoperating the links to raise and lower the thread-bar as required.

3. In an embroidcrmg-machine, the means '0 eratingagainst the contact-piece to press shanks to limit the inward movement. The

drawing the pawl from the ratchet-bar s &

for raising, and lowering threadbare: upon cpposite sides of the fabric, consisting oi the straps D, the rolls N upon opposite sides of the fabric, pi ions P u the ends of the rolls, segmen s P for turning the pinions,

' straps D, the rolls N upon opposite sides of the fabric, pinions P upon 1; e ends of the rolls, segments P for turning the pinions, levers having one and connected to the respective segments, and acam. connected with the opposite ends of the lovers to move them reverselfr, substantially as set forth.

an embroidering-machine, the means for raising and lowering the thread-bars for two tiers of needles, consisting of the stra D the-rolls N upon opposite sides oi t e fabric above the level of the needles, pinicns P upon the'ends of the rolls, segments P for turning the pinions, links connecting the two tiers of segments, and means for reversely operating the s ments of the lower tier, substantially as set orth. 6. The combination, with the take-u hook-bar having a bar F at; each end wit teeth upon its upper end, of a shaft G carrying cog-wheel's meshing with said teeth, a reciprocating slide-bar L having a slide S movable therewith and connects b stud F, to one of the bars F, a vertical ratc et-bar 3 having the 'box n fitted movably thereon,

the weight U connected with such box, the

pawl's I and J upon such box operating oppositely upon the" edges'of the ratchet-bar, and

the slide S provided'with the dog f for'o erating successively upon the'pawls I and as herein set forth.

7. In an embroidering-machine, the combination, with a take-u hook-bar, of the vertical ratchet-bar s, t 'e box n fitted to such ratchet-bar and movable with the weight U, and having the pawls i and 7' operating oppositely upon the edges of the ratchet-bar, the crank q below the latch 11 for 0 crating the pawl j, and the reciprocating s ide-bar L having slide S movable therewith and connected to the hook-bar, and provided with the dog f having a hinged contact-piece h to operate successively upon the awl c and the crank q, so as to first release t e box for upward iroven cut and then push it downward by the momentum. of the slide S.

8. In an embroidering-nachine, the combination, with a take-up hook-bar, of the vertical ratchet-bar s, the box n fitted to j such ratchet-bar and movable with the hookbar, the pawls 'i and j upon the box at operating oppositely upon the edges of the ratchetbar, the crank q upon the box with connec: tions to the pawl y, and the seat m upon the upward movement'and then push it doww' ward by the momentum oi the slide S. 9. In an embroidering-machine, the combinatien, with 9. taken hook-bar, of the vertical ratchet-bar s, t e box a fitted to such ratchet-bar and movable with the hookbar, the plwisi and 1' upon the box-n operat ing oppositely upon the edges of the ratchetbar at the upper and lower ends of the be)? respectively, the crank ivoted u the pawl i. and connected to the pawl j, the seat on mounted adjustahly upon the box and and a rcei ting slide S having a dog with contact-piece opcnt' successively upon,

the seat, the pawl 'i an the crank 9, as and for the purpose-set forth. a

10. In an embroidering-machine, the com bination, with a take-up hock-bar, oi the vertical ratchet-bar s fitted to a head-piece R, the box 10 fitted to such ratchet-bur and Inovable with the hook-bar, the wit and box with horizontal arm .e ow the tail of the projected adjacent to the tail of thcpewl i,

7' operating oppositely on the c es of the ratchet-bar, t reciprocating slide-bar L movable through the head-piece R, and having the teeth I) and c as set forth, the slide 8- movable upon the slide-bar and having the dog f to engage the tooth b and a socket a at its upper end, the latch a pivoted upon the head-piece to engage the socket a, and having an arm 0 extended in the pathof the toot by the pawl a during the passage of the neo- (1 es through the fabric, and is released by the tooth 6 before the tooth c encounters the dog f, the said dog having a contact-piece to 0 pente successively upon the pawls .i and j upon the box.

11 In an embroidcring-machine, the combination, with the slide-bar L having the teeth I) and c as set forth, the slide S movable thereon havi the socket a at the upper end and prov ed with the dogf having contact -piece to operate upon the takeup mechanism, of a head-piece R to guide the b, whereby the slide is supported slide-bar, the latch a pivoted upon the headpiece to engage the socket c and having its tail provided with the adjustable block a, and the spring-arm a movable upwardly ihereon and projected in the path of the tooth 6 upon the slide-bar, whereby the slide-bar carries the slide to its highest position where it is held by the latch adoring the movement of the needles through the fabric, and the latch their detached by the tooth I) and the slide engaged by the tooth c to 0 erate upon thetalge-up mechanism, as an for the purpose set forth. r

12. In an embroidering-machine,the combination, with take up hook-bars operating upon opposite sides of the fabric, of a vertical ratchet-bar s for each of the hook-bars, the boxes n fitted movabl to such ratchet-bars and'movablewith the ook-bar and provided with pawls t and. j as set forth, reversely-reciprocating slide-bars L, L, each carrying a dogf-to operate upon the latches of one of the boxes, anda loose coupling mechanism connecting the boxes and permitting only 'a short movement of either box upon its ratchet-bar independently of the other box.

13. In an embroidering-niachine, the combination, with take-up hook-bars operating upon opposite sides of the fabric, of a vertical ratchet-bar s for each of the hook-bars, the boxes '22 fitted movably to such ratchet-bars and movable each with a weight U, and provided with pawls '0', and j as set forth, reverselyreciproeating slide-bars L, L, each carrying a dogftooperate upon the pawls of one of the boxes, and a coupler formed of rigid arms and projected from the boxes and having [an adjustable connection intermediate to the boxes, permitting only a short and adjustable movement of either box upon its ratchet-bar independently of the other box.

14. In an embroidering-maehine,the com bination, with take-up hook-bars operating a short movement of either box upon its ratchet-bar independently of the other box.

15. In an embroidering-machine, the combination, with the slide-bar L, of the slides movable thereon and provided. with the dog f havin contact-piece to operate u on the pawls o the take-up mechanism, an having the leaf-spring T with screw to press the same toward the slide-bar, the notched dial T upon the bearing of the screw, and the index-arm movable with the screw and having finger T with spring T to press it into the notches of the dial, to hold the screw when adjusted.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. GONZENBACHQ lV-itnesses L. LEE,

THOMAS S. CRANE. 

